Compare the cost of living between cities.
Enter your income and home city to see what your salary feels like across 18 major world cities, using approximate cost-of-living data.
For example, $100,000 in New York feels like about $357,143 in Bangkok.
Amounts stay in USD. Cost-of-living indexes are relative to New York City = 100.
Your best stretch
馃嚭馃嚳 Tashkent
$100,000 in New York feels like about $555,556 in Tashkent.
How $100,000 feels in each city
Sorted by purchasing power, highest first. Amounts shown in USD. Index relative to New York City = 100.
Very low costs across the board. Rapidly modernizing infrastructure with significant investment underway.
Extremely low cost of living. Growing expat community. Flat 1% income tax for remote workers.
One of the most affordable major cities for expats. Strong infrastructure and a growing startup scene.
A Bali hub for remote workers. Low everyday costs, though quality housing has risen sharply in recent years.
Low cost of living with rapidly developing infrastructure. Popular among long-stay remote workers.
Excellent value for money. Quality food, transport, and housing at a fraction of Western city costs.
Low cost of living relative to income levels. The financial and cultural hub of Kazakhstan.
Highly volatile in USD terms. Currency dynamics cause wide year-to-year swings in real cost of living.
Low cost of living with a rich urban culture. Neighborhood choice heavily affects overall expenses.
Significantly cheaper than Northern Europe or the US. Costs have risen but remain competitive.
Cheaper than Western Europe with comparable quality of life. A growing hub for remote workers and tech talent.
Mid-tier costs by major global metro standards. Efficient transit and dining, with a weaker yen helping foreign income stretch further.
Tax-free personal income offsets high housing costs. Quality services and infrastructure across most of the city.
Lower taxes, warm climate, but rising housing costs over the past few years.
Comparable to major US cities for most categories. Housing near the center is the primary cost driver.
High housing and transport costs. A lifestyle upgrade from NYC for many, but still expensive.
Premium across most categories. Housing and private transport are the primary cost drivers.
What this result means
Each city card shows a feels-like value: the income that would buy roughly the same lifestyle there as $100,000 buys in New York. A multiplier above 1.0x means your money stretches further than at home, usually because housing and everyday costs are lower. Below 1.0x means the same income covers less.
Cost of living is only half the picture. Local salaries, taxes, and job markets differ too, so treat this as a starting point for research rather than a verdict.
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Methodology and limitations
Cost-of-living comparisons are approximate and based on broad city index estimates. They do not account for taxes, lifestyle, neighborhood, healthcare, visas, or personal spending habits.
Indexes are a composite of Numbeo, Mercer, and EIU cost-of-living data, calibrated against New York City = 100. Treat all figures as directional rather than precise.
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Educational tool: Cost of Living Adjusted Wealth uses approximate city-level cost-of-living indexes composed from Numbeo, Mercer, and EIU data. Figures are for educational comparison only. Individual circumstances, taxes, neighborhood, and spending habits vary widely and are not modeled here.